Combination rein-holder and safety whip-socket.



M. J. QUINN. COMBINATION REIN HOLDER AND SAFETY WHIP SOCKET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 25 1911.

1,030,245. Patented June 18, 1912.

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MICHAEL J'. QUINN, 0F HIBERNIA, NEW JERSEY.

COMBINATION REIN-HOLDER AND SAFETY WHIP-SOCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 25, 1911.

Patented June 18, 1912.

Serial No. 629,375.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, MICHAEL J. QUINN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hibernia, in the county of Morris and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Rein-Holders and Safety Whip-Sockets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention is an improved combined rein holder and whip socket formed integrally, from a spring rod, and adapted to be readily secured to the upper edge of a dash board, and consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings; Figure 1 is a perspective view of a combined whip socket and rein holder constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the whip socket. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the rein holder.

In the construction of my combined rein holder and whip socket, which is made from a single piece of spring rod or wire of suit able gage, the rod or wire is bent to form a central U-shaped loop 1 to bear on the front of a dash board and a pair of smaller, U- shaped loops 2, at the sides of the loop 1 to bear against the rear side of the dash board. The sides 11 of the loop 1 co-act with the opposing sides 12 of the loops 2 to form inverted U-shaped clamping jaws to lie astride of the dash board, indicated in dotted lines, in Fig. 1, and clamping the device on the dash board as will be understood. Bends 6 unite the upper ends of the opposing arms of the loops 1, 2 as shown in Fig. 1. The loop 1 is provided in its lower corners with spring coils 5. Loops 2 are provided at their lower sides with spring coils 1. The spring coils 4, 5, by bearing against opposite sides of the dash board materially assist in detachably securing the device thereon.

One of the loops 2 has its terminal arms 13 formed with a series of coils 14 which form a whip socket 3. The terminal arm of the other loop 2 is extended horizontally and doubled to form a pair of members 9 to engage opposite sides of the dash board at the upper edge thereof and is also formed with spring coils 8 to bear againstthe rear side of the dash board and with a terminal hook-shaped jaw 7 to which spring action is imparted by the coils 8, the said jaw 7 co-acting with the members 9 to form a rein holder, it being only necessary to insert the reins between the jaw 7 and the members 9, the jaw and members thereupon clamping the reins and holding them in place.

Having thus described my invention, I claim The herein described rein holder and whip socket consisting of a spring rod bent to form a middle substantially U-shaped loop adapted to bear on the front of a dasl1- board, a pair of U-shaped loops at the opposite sides respectively of the middle loop to bear against the rear side of the dashboard, the opposing sides of said loops forming inverted U-shaped jaws to clamp the dash-board between them, the terminal arm of one of the pair of loops being formed with a vertically disposed coiled eX- tremity, and the terminal arm of the other pair of loops being extended longitudinally in a relatively horizontal direction away from the loops and formed into an inwardly relatively horizontally facing hook and thence extended longitudinally again toward the terminal arm of the last named loop, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MICHAEL J. QUINN.

Witnesses:

MARCUS S. LAMBERT, JENNIE QUINN.

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